Improvement in signs



Patented oct. 15, 187s;

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

IVOLFG-ANG GULDEN, OF MINNEAPOLIS TOWN SHIP, HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SIGNS.

Specification tbrming part of Letters Patent No. 208.974, dated October15,187 application iiled March c, 1ers.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, IVOLFGANG GULDEN, of the township of Minneapolis, inthe county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented a certainnew and useful Improvement in Signs, which improvement is fully setforth in the following specification and accompanying drawing, in which-Figure 1 represents a perspective View of a number of letters suspendedfrom the bars.

Fig. 2 is a View representing a variation of the method of forming theletters.

This invention relates to suspended signs for show-windows, Snc.; andconsists in suspending the letters composing the words and figures ofthe signs from bars, which, in turn, are suspended from some objectabove, as hereinafter specied.

The invention further consists in the method of attaching thepunctuation-marks to the letters, as hereinafter specied.

The letters composing the sign are cut out of metal or any othersuitable substance, and suspended looselyr to a bar, a., which, in turn,is suspended by cords or wires from above, and thus a swinging sign ismade which can be formed in'any desired manner or style, and will befound very useful in show-windows and similar places, either night orday, as the letters, by being entirely independent of each other, willnot obstruct the light to any detrimental degree, and at night withlights behind them will be clearly legible. In the day-time, also, theywill be equally legible, as the light from the outside will thenilluminate them.

Two or more signs, or one sign and a set of flgures,may be suspended, bymeans of secondary bars b, to each other, as shown,if desired.

Another feature of my invention is the lnethod of attaching thepunctuation-marks to the letters, which consists in a bar or strip, c,which connects them to the letter next .which they occur, this bar beingcolored or painted to correspond with the edges of the letters or thebackground against which the sign is seen. By this means thepunctuation-marks appear detached from the letters in the usual manner.Fig. 2 shows a variation of the letters, which consists of two or morepieces of wood, glued or otherwise secured together, with the grainruiming in opposite directions, so that one will support the other andprevent breakage or cracking.

What I claim as new is- 1. A sign composed of aloosely-suspended bar, a,and a series of letters and figures loosely hung to the bar, andindependent of and disconnected from each other, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a letter or figure with apunctuation-mark connected therewith, the connecting-bar being of a ditferent color, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

IVOLFGANG GULDEY. Witnesses G. N. Woonwiinn, Lotus FEEsER.

